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SUBMITTER: Delgado Tascon J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477890 | biostudies-other | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Delgado Tascón Julia J Adrian Jonas J Kopp Kathrin K Scholz Philipp P Tschan Mario P MP Kuespert Katharina K Hauck Christof R CR
Journal of leukocyte biology 20150107 3
Human granulocytes express several glycoproteins of the CEACAM family. One family member, CEACAM3, operates as a single-chain phagocytic receptor, initiating the detection, internalization, and destruction of a limited set of gram-negative bacteria. In contrast, the function of CEACAM4, a closely related protein, is completely unknown. This is mainly a result of a lack of a specific ligand for CEACAM4. By generating chimeric proteins containing the extracellular bacteria-binding domain of CEACAM ...[more]